Delightful Challenge Thursday – Celebrate! Our Last Ever Challenge :(

Hi all! Hope you are well and happy! Seven more sleeps to Christmas! That can't be right surely!

Well this will be my final post of the year and it is a sad one as it is also the last ever challenge over at the Delightful Challenge Blog! L Wendy has decided to close the challenge to devote more time to Digital Delights by Louby Loo designs! However Digital Delights by Louby Loo will NOT be going anywhere and will carry on bringing exciting daily posts and super cute designs! All the team would like to thank everyone for supporting us in our weekly challenges and hope that you will continue to find inspiration on the Digital Delights Blog where you may see some posts from me from time to time! Wink! Wink!

Anyway onto our last ever theme and it is Celebrate! So interpret that any way you wish!

 My interpretation was to make an exploding box! Now I haven't made one of these for years!! I used to make them quite a lot but I was so out of practice I made three lids before I got one to fit!! 

I decided to celebrate a birthday so used the gorgeous Celebration Charlie to sit in the middle with his balloons! Party on dude!!!

Ingredients:

Image: Celebration Charlie

Sentiments: Birthday Sentiment Set & Let’s Party Sentiment

Dies: Sizzix ‘Stars Framelits’ – Tonic ‘Nesting Ovals – La La Land ‘Flag Banner’

Paper/Card: Neenah Solar White - Papermania Capsule Collection ‘Pastel Spots & Stripes’ – Kraft – Centura Pearl

Colouring/Ink: Spectrum Noir markers & pencils

Others: Gems – acrylic dewdrops

So celebrate good times come on and dance over to the Delightful Challenges Blog to see the amazing inspiration created by the DT and don't forget to visit the shop for Wendy’s gorgeous digis!

Thanks so much for looking, and I would like to wish everyone a spectacularly wonderful Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year!

See ya in 2015!

Colourful hugs

Jane xxx

I would like to enter the following challenges:

SPARKLES – Challenge #63: 4^th Anniversary Anything Goes

SENTIMENTAL SUNDAYS – Challenge #237: Anything Goes

CREATIVE CARD CREW – Challenge #77: Anything Goes

A LITTLE BIT CRAFTY – Anything Goes But NOT Christmas

CRAFTS GALORE ENCORE – Anything Goes

Delightful Challenge Thursday – Bundle Up! (Winter Theme!)

Hello everyone! Hope all is well with you and yours! How is your Christmas prep going? I’m nearly done, just a truck load of mince pies to make now!!

So onto the new challenge over at the Delightful Challenge Blog and our theme this week is Bundle Up! (Winter Theme!)

We are sponsored by

who are offering a fabulous prize!

I decided to do a spot of digital merging again (who was the brain box that introduced me to Serif then???) 

I used the fab Snowball Andy and teamed him with Winter Barn to create a little scene. 

I thought I would make myself a sentiment snowman using the Ornate Christmas Sentiment Set complete with twiggy arms and a hat a cut from another image of Andy that I had previously printed.  Love those rosy cheeks. Possibly the result of too much egg nog!!

Ingredients:

Images: Snowball Andy & Winter Barn

Sentiment: Ornate Christmas Sentiment Set

Dies: Spellbinders ‘Snowflakes View’ – Die’sire ‘Snowflakes’ – Tonic ‘Nesting Circles’ – Tattered Lace ‘Winter Foliage’ (for the snowman’s arms)

Paper/Card: Neenah Solar White – Kanban

Colouring/Ink: Spectrum Noir markers & pencils

Others: Stickles – Gems – Liquid Pearls

So wrap up warm and pop over to the Delightful Challenges Blog to see the amazing inspiration created by the DT and don't forget to visit the shop for Wendy’s gorgeous digis!

Thanks so much for looking, and have a lovely day!

See ya!

Colourful hugs

Jane xxx

I would like to enter the following challenges:

PINK GEM – Challenge #134: Anything Christmas

CRAFTY CARD MAKERS – Challenge #129: Christmas

DIGI SKETCH – Waiting for Christmas

TUESDAY THROWDOWN – Challenge #224: Family Christmas

FAB N FUNKY – Challenge #241: Christmas

Delightful Challenge Thursday – Twinkle, Twinkle & A New Release!

Hello everyone! Hope all is well with you and yours! Christmas shopping all done yet?! No, mine neither! L

So onto less panicky things and it’s an exciting day today as it is time for the DT to showcase the new release at Digital Delights by Louby Loo so take a look all the gorgeous new festive images that the wonderful Wendy has created!

We also have a new challenge over at the Delightful Challenge Blog and our theme this week is Twinkle, Twinkle! so we would like you to add some sparkle to your project please.

We are sponsored by

who are offering a fabulous prize of a $10 store cert!

So which of the gorgeous new images did I get to play with? It was the super cute Mitzy Elf. Check out that hat!!

I do seem a little obsessed with the old snow globe look of late (no surprise really as I do collect them) and I couldn't resist popping Mitzy into Serif and merging her with another of Wendy’s fab designs, Poinsettia Snow Scene, which has a fab snow globe look!  I love how this gives you a really effective large topper with minimal effort. Minimal effort is the way forward!! J

Have to say I'm loving this dark grey and lilac colour combo! It will be filed in my ‘Must Use Again’ folder!

Ingredients:

Images: Mitzy Elf & Poinsettia Snow Scene

Sentiment: Christmas Hugs Sentiment Set

Dies: Spellbinders ‘Grand Scalloped Circles’ & ‘Fancy Tags 2’

Paper/Card: Neenah Solar White – American Crafts - Papermania

Colouring/Ink: Spectrum Noir markers & pencils

Others: Stickles – Gems

So get your-elf (I know!) over to the Delightful Challenges Blog to see the amazing inspiration created by the DT and don't forget to visit the shop for Wendy’s gorgeous digis and check out the fab new releases!

Thanks so much for looking, and have a lovely day!

See ya!

Colourful hugs

Jane xxx

I would like to enter the following challenges:

KIT AND CLOWDER – November Challenge: Christmas

BUNNY ZOE’S – November Challenge: Snow

CUTTLEBUG MANIA – Sentiment & Snowflake!

DIGI SKETCH CHALLENGE – Use Die Cuts/Punches

CREATIVE FINGERS – Challenge #58: Anything Goes

DIVAS BY DESIGN – Anything Festive

INKY IMPRESSIONS – Challenge #188: Snow

CREATIVE MOMENTS - Challenge # 57: Anything Goes/Winter

SCRAPPERS DELIGHT – Challenge #36: Non-traditional Christmas Colours

Delightful Challenge Thursday – It’s A Kid’s World!

Hello everyone! Hope all is well with you and yours!

Thursday’s here so we have a new challenge over at the Delightful Challenge Blog and our theme this week is It’s A Kid’s World!, so make something with a child in mind! Or for me if you like; same thing! J

We are sponsored by

who are offering a fabulous prize!

So I wanted to make a kinetic card as I thought a child would enjoy something with a bit of movement and I thought Flying Santa would be perfect! I made a sliding mechanism (sounds technical and clever but was sooooo not!) to enable Santa to ‘fly’ across the sky and back again.  OK so the poor guy only goes a few centimetres; not a long & interesting flight!!!  I also made a ‘sleigh’ to hold some pressies, all of which I cut from various dies.

Spot the diffrence??!!   

I originally intended to make a penny slider but the thought of Santa spinning out of control across the night sky might have looked a bit nightmarish, especially for kids! I know it would scare me!! J

 Ingredients:

Image: Flying Santa

Sentiment: Christmas Hugs Sentiment Set

Dies: Spellbinders ‘Decorative Labels Eight’ & ‘Labels Four’ – Tattered Lace trees – Sizzix oval (to shape the top of the ‘sleigh’) – Tonic ‘Nesting Squares & Rectangles’

Punches: Tonic snowflake

Paper/Card: Neenah Solar White –Snowy Sky paper from stash

Colouring/Ink: Spectrum Noir markers & pencils

Others: Stickles – ribbon - twine

So fly (it’s not far) over to the Delightful Challenges Blog to see the amazing inspiration created by the DT and don’t forget to visit the shop for Wendy’s gorgeous digis!

Thanks so much for looking, and have a lovely day!

See ya!

Colourful hugs

Jane xxx

I would like to enter the following challenges:

DIGI SKETCH CHALLENGE – Use Die Cuts/Punches

THE CRAFT PLACE – Anything Goes

CREATIVE MOMENTS – Challenge #56: Anything Goes/Make it Sparkle

SCRAPPERS DELIGHT – Challenge #36: Anything Goes/Traditional Christmas

THROUGH THE PURPLE HAZE – Challenge #69: Anything Goes    

CUTTLEBUG MANIA – Sentiment & Snowflake!

CRAFTING FOR ALL SEASON - Challenge #91: ‘Tis the Season             

FAB N FUNKY – Challenge #239: Anything with Die-Cuts  
SPARKLES FORUM - Challenge #62: The Big Guy (Santa)

Delightful Challenge Thursday – You’re A Gem!

Hello!  Hope you are keeping well!

It’s Thursday and that can only mean one thing, a brand new challenge over at the Delightful Challenge Blog! Hoorah! And our theme this week is You're a Gem! (add bling)!

We are sponsored by

who are offering a fabulous prize of a surprise package; retail value $15 - $20!

I chose to use two images this time,  Snowball Sarah and Poinsettia Globe. Fabulicious!

So I tried my hand at a little digital merging for this one. I used Serif to pop Sarah into the Globe and to insert one of the sentiments from the Christmas Hugs Sentiment Set into the plaque on the front. Luuurve digis!! J

Ingredients:

Images: Snowball Sarah & Poinsettia Globe

Sentiments: Christmas Hugs Sentiment Set & Winter Tickets Sentiment Set

Dies: Tattered Lace trees

Punches: Tonic mini snowflakes

Paper/Card: Neenah Solar White – Centura Pearl

Colouring/Ink: Spectrum Noir markers & pencils

Others: Ribbon – Gems - Stickles

So roll that snowball over to the Delightful Challenges Blog to see the amazing inspiration created by the DT and don't forget to visit the shop for see Wendy’s amazing work!

Thanks so much for looking, and have a wonderful day!

See ya!

Colourful hugs

Jane xx

I would like to enter the following challenges:

CARD MANIA – Challenge #60: Use a Digi

GLITTER N SPARKLE – Challenge #111: Cute

CRAFT-DEE BOWZ – November Challenge – Anything Goes (and include a handmade bow)

CREATIVE MOMENTS – Challenge #56: Anything Goes/Make it Sparkle

DIVAS BY DESIGN – Let It Snow

SCRAPPERS DELIGHT – Challenge #36: Anything Goes/Traditional Christmas

THE RIBBON GIRL – November Colour Challenge: Red

CHING-CHOU KUIK – November Challenge: Add Some Ribbon

Delightful Challenge Thursday – Happy Holidays!

Hello, how is everyone?

It’s Thursday and that means that we have a brand new challenge over at the Delightful Challenge Blog and our theme this week is Happy Holidays, so we’d like you to make us a project depicting the holiday of your choice!

We are sponsored by 

who are offering a fabulous prize!

Now when it comes to choosing a holiday I am ALWAYS going to pick Christmas, seeing as I am a complete Christmas nut! (Feel free to omit the word Christmas from that admission if you wish!) J

I used the impossibly sweet Mistletoe Marci & Bertie on my card. Love their cute matching glasses!

The sentiment is from the Christmas Hugs Sentiment Set that I had matted onto the plaque from Poinsettia Globe  using Serif.  I intended to use this for another project but I managed to print the whole thing out wonky (story of my life) but managed to rescue this part of it!

Ingredients:

Image: Mistletoe Marci & Bertie

Sentiment: Christmas Hugs Sentiment Set  matted onto plaque from Poinsettia Globe

Dies: Tonic ‘Threaded Scallop Circles’ – Sue Wilson ‘Holly Sprays’

Paper/Card: Neenah Solar White – Kraft – LOTV ‘Woodland Wishes’

Colouring/Ink: Spectrum Noir markers & pencils

Others: Ribbon – gems – Stickles

So get in the holiday spirit and go to the Delightful Challenges Blog where you can see the wonderful inspiration created by the DT and don't forget to visit the shop to ooh and aah at Wendy’s gorgeous images!

Thanks so much for looking, and have a wonderful day!

See ya!

Colourful hugs

Jane xx

I would like to enter the following challenges:

CRAFTY RIBBONS – Challenge #106: Christmas Creation With Ribbon

THE CRAFT PLACE – Anything Goes

CRAFTING BY DESIGNS – November Challenge: Anything Goes  

DIVAS BY DESIGN – Photo Inspiration

CREATIVE MOMENTS – Anything Goes/Celebration

C.R.A.F.T. – Challenge #285: Christmas

Delightful Challenge Thursday – Patterns and a New Release!

Hello, how is everyone?

It is time for a new release at Digital Delights by Louby Loo so check all the gorgeous new festive images that the uber talented Wendy has created to knock your Christmas stockings off!

We also have a brand new challenge over at the Delightful Challenge Blog and our theme this week is Patterns, so we would like to see you use patterned paper on your project please.

We are sponsored by

who are offering this fabulous prize!

So which of the gorgeous new images did I get to play with? It was this adorable little chap called Gingerbread Patchy!  Love him in his little gingerbread man onesie!!

Now every year my long suffering family has to put up with me making them my Christmas Biscuits. I know there should be a law against it! J  I usually gift them by wrapping them in a cellophane bag (I do add some ribbon and a tag) but I found this jar in Homebase for not-much-money so I bought a few and will be gifting them that way. Sorry guys!

Ingredients:

Image: Gingerbread Patchy

Dies: Spellbinders ‘Lacey Ovals’, ‘Picot Edge Circles’, Layered Poinsettia’, ‘Ribbon Banners – Tattered Lace ‘Winter Foliage’ – Tonic ‘Nesting Circles’ – All Occasions ‘Snowflakes’

Paper/Card: Neenah Solar White – LOTV ‘Krafty Christmas’- scraps from stash

Colouring/Ink: Spectrum Noir markers & pencils

Others: Jar – ribbon – gems – pearls - computer generated label

So I’ve left a trail of biscuit crumbs for you to follow all the way to the Delightful Challenges Blog where you can see the wonderful inspiration created by the DT and don't forget to visit the shop for cute digi heaven!

Thanks so much for looking, and have a wonderful day!

See ya!

Colourful hugs

Jane xx

I would like to enter the following challenges:

DREAM VALLEY – Challenge #94: Getting Ready for Christmas

CRAFTY CARDMAKERS – Challenge #126: Cut It Out!           

SCRIBBLE AND SCRAP – Challenge #30: Always Anything Goes

CARD MANIA – Challenge # 59: Use Your Dies

CREATIVE CARD CREW – Challenge #74: Christmas Joy!

CRAFTING MUSKETEERS – Challenge #19: Anything But A Card

CRAFTY CALENDAR – It’s All About Christmas

CRAFT-DEE BOWZ – November Challenge – Anything Goes (and include a handmade bow)

CRAFTS GALORE ENCORE – November Challenge – Anything Goes

Delightful Challenge Thursday –Swirls and Curls!

Hello!

Ok, hands up, who stole the week! How is it possible that it is Thursday already! Goodness! It will be Easter before you now it!! J

So today (because apparently it’s Thursday) we have a brand new challenge over at the Delightful Challenge Blog and our theme this week is Swirls & Curls!  So get out those ‘twiddly bits’ and join us! Hmmm, maybe I should rephrase that! J

We are sponsored by

who are offering this fabulous prize!

As it is my brother and his wife’s wedding anniversary in November I thought I would make them a card using the adorable Love Birds and Wedding and Anniversary Sentiment Set.

I believe that my sister-in-law does not wear quite as much eyeliner as I appear to have given the lady in this duo!  Or is that the male?  I think my brother may say that he wears way more eyeliner than that!! He, he!!

Ingredients:

Image: Love Birds

Sentiment: Wedding and Anniversary Sentiment Set

Dies: Tonic ‘Indulgence Pop Up Sentiments Square Base’ & ‘Frond Finesse’ – Tattered Lace ‘Midi Blooms’ – Sizzix Ovals

Paper/Card: Neenah Solar White – Papermania ‘Eau de Nil’ – DCWV

Colouring/Ink: Spectrum Noir markers & pencils

Others: Gems

So wing your way over to the Delightful Challenges Blog to see the fab designs created by the DT and don’t forget to visit the shop for the cute digi heaven!

Thanks so much for looking, and have a lovely day!

See ya!

Colourful hugs

Jane xx

I would like to enter the following challenges:

SCRIBBLE AND SCRAP – Challenge #30: Always Anything Goes

JUST INSPIRATIONAL – Team B Challenge: Occasions

DIVAS BY DESIGN – Anything Goes

CREATIVE MOMENTS – Challenge #30: Anything Goes

ARTISTIC INSPIRATIONS – Challenge #115: Anything Goes   

SCRAPPERS DELIGHT – Challenge #34: Anything Goes

PENNY’S CHALLENGES – Challenge #201: Anything Goes

Delightful Challenge Thursday –3’s Not a Crowd!

Hello how are things? Hope everyone is well!

So today we have a brand new challenge over at the Delightful Challenge Blog and our theme this week is 3’s Not a Crowd!, so we would like you to use 3 of the same embellishment on you creations please.

We have a fab sponsor offering a wonderful prize so check out the blog for details!

Now I come from a family of knitters I kid you knot (see what I did there…Oh give a girl a break!!) My mum is a prolific knitter so is my auntie and my step-niece is ‘giving it a go’. In fact it was actually my dad who taught me to knit. He also taught me to drive but the less said about that the better! So this knitting waffle is leading to my make this week which is a gift bag containing wool and needles for my friend who has taken up the hobby!

 So what would be the perfect image for a knitting gift? Well it could only be Daisy Bo Peep and her adorable little lamb! Sooooo cute!!

And my 3’s for this challenge? Well that would be 3 Pearls, 3 Buttons and 3 handmade balls of wool with needles. I’m still having nightmares over that one!

Ingredients:

Image: Daisy Bo Peep

Dies: Tonic ‘Nesting Circles’

Paper/Card: Neenah Solar White – ‘wool’ paper from stash

Colouring/Ink: Spectrum Noir markers & pencils

Others: Doilies, pearls and buttons from stash - Yarn charm free with mag - Wool - Cocktail sticks, beads and the patience of a saint to make the knitting needles J

So knit one purl one over to the Delightful Challenges Blog to see the fab inspiration created by the DT and don’t forget to visit the shop for the cutest digis you'll knit want to miss............. Oh please yourself!! J

Thanks so much for looking, and have a wonderful day!

See ya!

Colourful hugs

Jane xx

I would like to enter the following challenges:

LIVE AND LOVE CRAFTS – Challenge #28: Pink   

REALLY REASONABLE RIBBON – Challenge #105: Anything Goes With Ribbon or Trim

SCRIBBLE AND SCRAP – Challenge #29: Always Anything Goes

CRAFT-DEE BOWZ – October Challenge: Anything Goes and Include a Handmade Bow

WHIMSY STAMPS – October Challenge #76: Anything Goes

THE PAPER NEST DOLLS – Challenge #21: Anything Goes

CREATIVE CARD CREW – Challenge #73: Bows

CRAFTY LITTLE FAIRIES – October Challenge: Only One DP

AS YOU LIKE IT – Favourite Style –Cute or Elegant (Has to be cute! Some images are sooo cute they can even bring a tear to my eye!! Awwwwwh!)